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Cecil Brooks Iii

Cecil Brooks Iii is credited on 178 releases across 33 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1964–2016 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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178

Pressings credited

33

Albums

6

Decades active

3

In collections

Biography

Cecil Brooks III (born 1959) is an American jazz drummer and record producer who has worked with Arthur Blythe, Russell Gunn, John Hicks, Andrew Hill, Etta Jones, Houston Person, Roseanna Vitro, Hannibal Lokumbe, and Jimmy Ponder. A native of the Homewood neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Brooks released a number of albums for Muse and Savant. The jazz club that he started in West Orange NJ – Cecil's – closed in 2012 after 10 years.

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Credited work

178 releases · 33 albums · active 1964–2016

  • Performance · 209
  • Production · 87
  • Other credits · 5
  • Mastering · 1
  • Engineering · 1

Studios: Tedesco Studios · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Sound On Sound, New York · Audiomation

Discography

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